Pep rally for Yankees underway in New York City

APTimes Square will be the site of a pep rally for the New York Yankees before Game 1 of the 2009 World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies.New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is hosting a pep rally in Times Square at 12:30 p.m. He will be joined by Michael Kay of the Yankees’ YES network. Watch the pep rally here.
The World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees begins at 7:57 p.m. today at Yankee Stadium. The game will be carried on Fox. There's always ESPN.com and MLB.com, but you can follow the game here on Syracuse.com.

View full sizeFangraphs.comWhen Alex Rodriguez hit a home run in the 11th inning against the Angels on Oct. 17, it swung the game dramatically toward the Yankees, and New York's "win expectancy" jumped to 65 percent, according to Fangraphs.com.